[21:34.19] <DM> Shala is poking her head into Repriever and Penumbra's room.

[21:34.19] * Repriever sees Shala spying through the open door.

[21:34.27] <DM> She does live just across the hall, anyways.

[21:34.32] * Penumbra turns around to see Shala's face right there

[21:34.38] <+Penumbra> "Yes, indeed. I did."

[21:34.48] * You are now known as Hin

[21:34.52] <+Shala> "So we're going soon then, as soon as all the business here is concluded?

[21:34.54] <+Shala> "

[21:35.04] * Penumbra is glad she didn't share the other news first

[21:35.06] <+Repriever> "But what do you mean she's in the cities?"

[21:35.20] <Hin> "I did not find her soul in my queries of the ancestor spirits."

[21:35.30] <Hin> "And Kallias...found a record, did he not?"

[21:35.32] <+Penumbra> "I've learned from Kallias that there may be communities of Luvanashi at the Sealed Cities as well."

[21:35.37] * Penumbra confirms

[21:35.55] <+Repriever> "And she's alive?"

[21:36.01] <Hin> "Mmmm."

[21:36.02] <+Repriever> "After all these years?"

[21:36.11] <Hin> "I would not say...alive."

[21:36.16] <+Penumbra> "In a manner, you understand."

[21:36.26] <Hin> "There are all manner of things she may have done with her soul."

[21:36.33] <Hin> "She may be in an object."

[21:36.40] <Hin> "Or similar to I."

[21:36.53] * Penumbra steps to the side, back towards the wall, using body language to invite Shala to join in. Also, conveniently getting close to the door to close it if that's what's happening isntead

[22:21.34] <Carcephon> "Nonetheless, I have extracted fifteen thousand soldiers from the ashes, and my other towns."

[22:21.41] * Carcephon smiles.

[22:21.43] <+Penumbra> "But Lakhmul does. You brought the map of his city's defenses?"

[22:21.45] <+Mel> "So we have common ground in that."

[22:21.54] <Carcephon> "Of course I saw it coming."

[22:22.16] <Carcephon> "To see something coming and to avoid it are two entirely different circumstances."

[22:22.26] <Carcephon> "There are paths where my city stands, shining, and I lie dead."

[22:22.37] <Carcephon> "A perfect prize for one of my siblings to claim."

[22:22.46] <Carcephon> "At any rate."

[22:22.50] * You are now known as Vyriscine

[22:22.55] <Vyriscine> "I also brought some people."

[22:23.00] <Vyriscine> "Three thousand."

[22:23.16] <+Repriever> "Soldiers or scholars?"

[22:23.43] <Vyriscine> "Each of them can summon plenty of people to throw rocks or whatever it is you soldiers do."

[22:23.56] <+Repriever> "There is a time for hurling stones."

[22:24.26] <+Akvan> "Forgive me for interupting... but, perhaps, could envoys be sent to the Fallen angels of Ilia? Some actively hunt us,to be sure, but many simply seem lost, needing new direction, a new fire."

[22:25.35] <+Penumbra> "And how many would we face come morning?"

[22:25.41] * You are now known as Carcephon

[22:25.43] * Repriever cycles his arm through earth and fire, then back to stars.

[22:35.07] <Carcephon> "His great golden lighthouse stands taller than all but the palace, and each of the quarters has their own golden light-tower, to be both miniature citadel, watchtower, and temple alike."

[22:35.14] <Carcephon> "Quickly, and yes."

[22:35.22] <Carcephon> "The Lighthouse Quarter,"

[22:35.26] <Carcephon> "The Port Quarter."

[22:35.35] <Carcephon> "The Pilgrims' Quarter."

[22:35.58] <Carcephon> "The Priests' Quarter."

[22:36.08] <Carcephon> "The Treasure Quarter."

[22:36.15] <Carcephon> "The Craftsmen's Quarter."

[22:36.19] * Repriever pokes a finger full of blue fire across the map.